Pennsylvania's 2022 gubernatorial and Senate races coalesce around several critical issues. GOTV considers the following to be the most so:
ease of availability of higher education
availability of health care to all communities
retraining those without 21st century skills
continuing to move away from environment-killing fossil fuels
expanding, rather than downsizing, access to the ballot
Without exception, these questions pertain to state as well as to Federal government. For instance, it's at the state level that funding for higher education. and for Medicare and Medicaid, is allotted. It's also the state that decides details like the availability of drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots. At the same time, however, it's with the Feds that the funds that support most of this originate.
GOTV had planned to submit the following to each of the Mastriano, Shapiro, Fetterman, and Oz campaigns. But upon review of the Mastriano site, our questions became moot.
For instance, doug4gov/plan says Mr.. Mastriano would:
eliminate all pandemic executive orders and edicts from the Wolf Administration
immediately ban government and school mask mandates
immediately ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates
immediately review all hospital polices related to in-patient COVID treatment
immediately end all contracts with compromised voting machine companies
appoint a Secretary of State with experience in securing elections from fraud
eliminate “No-Excuse” Mail-in voting and Ballot Drop boxes
enact Universal ID for voting
increase and protect poll watchers
immediately ban Critical Race Theory and Gender Theory studies
review district “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” plans
strengthen Curriculum Transparency requirements
establish a universal “Parental Rights” statute in law
establishment a Property Tax Elimination Taskforce that would introduce legislation that eliminates Property Taxes for all homeowners
establish a working group to cut the gas tax while maintaining level funding for roads and bridges
reduce the Corporate Net Income Tax Rate
establish “strike force” teams at each state agency in order to cut statewide regulations by at least 55,000 in the first year
automatically review all regulations with a cost of more than $1 million
eliminate TWO regulations for any new regulation created
increase transparency for permit process and expedite reviews
protect utilities' costs by immediately withdrawing from Tom Wolf's “Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative”
encourage investment into the ... coal industry
lift Tom Wolf's regulations, taxes and fees and expand into drilling/mining
introduce and pass bills to establish PA as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary”
make PA a Constitutional (Open) Carry State
sign the Heartbeat Bill legislation into law
end any state funding to Planned Parenthood
GOTV considers it inconceivable that even Dr. Oz could surpass this level of obduracy, or of pandering to the far right, so we won't submit any questions to his campaign. But our original five will still go to Shapiro and Fetterman.
When we get responses, you'll be the first to know.
If elected, would you extend the amount that can be borrowed per year on a student loan?
If elected, would you extend the amount of Medicare that can be used to fund long-term care?
If elected, to whom, and under what conditions, would you make job re-training available?
If elected, under what conditions would you grant exceptions to environmental regulations?
If elected, what would you do to reinstate conditions regarding pre-clearance as defined in the Voting Act of 1965?
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